Monday, Sheel Seidler, widow of late Padres owner Peter Seidler, filed suit in Texas to attempt to claim control of the franchise from Bob and Matt Seidler—the brothers of Peter—alleging breach of fiduciary duty and fraud against the pair.
The lawsuit was first reported on by Sportico's Eben Novy-Williams and Daniel Libitt, also revealing allegations of racist communications toward Sheel by Bob's wife. Within, Sheel claims that Peter suggested he wanted his wife to have control of the franchise, and then their children before he died.
Seidler released a statement on social media as well, addressed to Padres fans that reads as folows:
